Most people are interested in tracking their personal belongings. Knowing where they are at all times can be useful for convenience and caution, especially when they are out of reach or vision.

GPS spoofing lets criminals steal trucks, hijack shipments, and divert dangerous cargo, all while everything looks normal. A new detector from Oak Ridge National Lab is the first to catch it in real ...

It's the stuff of spy movies: someone plants a GPS tracker or Apple AirTag in your car without your consent and uses it to track your every move. While this may seem like a farfetched scenario, it's ...

Can a phone detect a GPS tracker on your car in every case? No. A smartphone generally cannot scan the whole vehicle for every kind of hidden GPS tracking unit. It may notice a wireless tag, but many ...

Modern smartphones have replaced so many standalone consumer devices, including cameras, MP3 and media players, calculators, flashlights, and even dedicated GPS units. But while they certainly do a ...

Marci Straughter, a 44-year-old woman with hydrocephaly and epilepsy, uses a GPS device called AngelSense to live more independently. AngelSense provides a sense of safety and security, allowing ...

A World Bank study finds that tablet-based tools can measure farmland almost as accurately as GPS devices, though they tend ...